Hola from Peru!!
We have been in Peru for 4 days now and we've currently fallen in love with this country and the people. Your prayers are felt and God has already offered in fantastic ways. We will be in Lima for the next number of days, then we head to Cusco where we will be dealing with a Peruvian family for a month while we participate in language school. At language school I, Devyn, will be continuing to learn Spanish, while Julian will learn Quechua, the native language.
Anyways, as we were preparing to move to Peru and talking with people about relocating to another country, we found that practically everybody wondered to understand precisely HOW we were going to load for our move. So prior to we dove into how things are going here in Peru, we thought we 'd show y' all 10 hacks that we discovered in packaging to move overseas ... Take pleasure in!
1. Start Packing EARLY & Do it in Phases.
Packing is overwhelming (I will be stating that a lot in this blog haha) and if you resemble most of us, you have a great deal of stuff, so leaving everything for the eleventh hour will stress you out more. You might forget things or possibly take excessive. Julian and I started about 3 months ahead of time by getting rid of clothing and things we didn't need here and there (many trips to Goodwill). And we also began buying trunks early because they can get quite costly so spreading out that out assists. I likewise began posting ads early on Facebook to sell our furnishings and from that we had good friends purchase a lot of our stuff in advance to choose it up when we were prepared to move. Also making a list of whatever that is in each trunk is something Julian and I forgot to do but comes in helpful when handling customs.
2. Take Pictures of Your House
This is truly for the memories. The house we moved out was our first house together and it implied a lot to us. So the images are just for us to bear in mind and possibly reveal our future household one day, to understand where it all started.
3. Loading Cubes!!
I have been a supporter for packing cubes considering that my trip to El Salvador a year back. On that journey, I might just take a continue with me and had the ability to fit 2 weeks worth of clothing and toiletries!!! Needless to state we bought as a lot of them as we could and were able to get the majority of my clothing into one travel suitcase. I will not lie, though packing cubes are fantastic, loading all my clothing and trying to make them all fit and not discuss the 50-lb limitation was INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT and triggered me numerous breakdowns haha (just being sincere).
4. Find Somebody Who Lives/Has Lived Where You Are Going & Ask Them ANY & ALL Concerns.
This is something a lot of other people where informing us to do and honestly we didn't believe it was that crucial ... at first. But a few months prior to leaving and ending up being overwhelmed by not understanding what to load we connected to another doctor called Ari, who is in fact currently living in the house we will be moving into. She has actually really been a God-send. I emailed Ari at least 3 times a week up until we moved here. I asked her anything to everything: from the size of the kitchen area shelves to whether we needed to bring rain boots.
5. Throw a Packing Party!
Invite someone over who is a master at Tetris, who has no problem informing you "you don't need that", and who can manage you being stressed out. Our friend Sandra was another God-send for us !! She came by (ON HER Day Of Rest) and spent the whole day, going through our things, making the calls we couldn't make on what we ought to bring, donate, or store. She assisted us load everything in our trunks and helped make it all fit without being over 50 pounds. THANK YOU SANDRA!!!
6. Find Out to Let Go ...
At the end of the day you are moving overseas and can not take everything with you and will have to release a lot ... A Great Deal Of your stuff. For me it was shoes, for Julian ... he had this crazy thing about keeping EVERY pen he owned given that college. Hahha. Why idk, however with Sandra's assistance Julian is now free from his pen dependency. Hahah!
7. Bless Others with Your Stuff!
This was probably my preferred part about moving. Like I stated earlier, we took lots of journeys to Goodwill, but we likewise permitted our good friends to go through all of our stuff and let them take whatever they wanted. It was truly cool to know that our things were going into the houses of people we enjoy!!
8. Bring Things that You Will Miss!
In talking with Ari and other people that have actually done what we are doing like Julian's moms and dads, everyone stated the very same thing, BRING The Important Things THAT YOU WILL MISS. For us, excellent bedding was really important, likewise great knives, a couple of framed images of our family and friends, and PEANUT BUTTER (obviously peanut butter is not a thing in other countries)! So that's what we made sure to load!
9. Chill Out and Take A Second ... Lots Of Seconds ... to Make Fun Of Your Situation!!
As I have pointed out, packing is overwhelming. At any quality it can truthfully make or break you. Do not let it break you. Take a second to shout, recognize the mayhem around you, and then simply laugh since it is nuts. What you are attempting to do is insane: your home has never looked even worse, you are sleeping on a flooring, and showering without a shower drape while trying not to get excessive water on the floor, eating out of the same bowl for every single meal, and just have one nice t-shirt given that all the rest of your clothes are packed. You're not living your typical life and its overwhelming, however if you take a look at a distance, its also hilarious, so LAUGH! hahhaha! Likewise leave your home, go explore the city you are leaving, meet pals, and enjoy yourself, that really assisted us when packing was dragging us down!
10. Document the experience!
Its truly fun to look back now on how much Julian and I did in such little time. Here are some photos of our last couple of months in Houston!
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